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I've loved reading since I was a wee one and have been trying to keep up on it. I'm particularly interested in classic books, gothic romance (think Rebecca/Jane Eyre) and thrillers.
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Holly rated A Good Marriage: 3 stars
Holly rated Before I Go to Sleep: 3 stars
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson
Memories define us.
So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?
Your name, your identity, your …
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find work at home. Thus when …
Holly rated Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience: 5 stars
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state …
Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune, #1)
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. …
Holly rated The other end of the leash: 5 stars
The other end of the leash by Patricia B. McConnell
The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior …
Holly rated The dovekeepers: 5 stars
Holly rated Motherhood: 5 stars
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the …
The Seas by Samantha Hunt
Ever since her father walked into the ocean eleven years ago, a young woman waits for him to return. Life …
Holly rated Being Wrong : Adventures in the Margin of Error: 5 stars
Holly rated Jamaica Inn: 5 stars
Holly rated My Cousin Rachel: 5 stars
Daphne Du Maurier: My Cousin Rachel (2013, Little Brown & Company)
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in …
